Official UK procurement notice
Alternative Education Provision for Children and Young People including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *
Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)
What is being bought10 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAward of new providers to the DPS
CPV: Education and training services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 28 bids received · 31 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure
10 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Section 19 & 6 Day EY & KS1/2Cancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #2Re-engagement & Soc Inclusion EY, KS 1/2Cancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #3Section 19 & Day 6 Perm Ex KS3Cancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #4Re-engement and Soc Incl KS3Cancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #5Section 19 & Day 6 Perm Ex KS4Cancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #6Re-engagement & Soc Incl KS4Cancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #7Medical KS1 - Post 16Cancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #8TuitionCancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #9Hybrid SENMAS & APCancelled
Stoke on Trent City Council intend to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to deliver Section 19 Alternative Provision, ensuring statutory duties are fulfilled, pupils are re-integrated back into mainstream schools or in KS4 are prepared for adulthood. It ensures that outcomes for young people are improved, quality across the market is improved and provision is value for money.
Lot #10Alternative Education Provision - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *Cancelled
Lot 1 - Section 19 & 6 Day EY & KS1/2
Lot 2 - Re-engagement & Soc Inclusion EY, KS 1/2
Lot 3 - Section 19 & Day 6 Perm Ex KS3
Lot 4 - Re-engagement and Soc Incl KS3
Lot 5 - Section 19 & Day 6 Perm Ex KS4
Lot 6 - Re-engagement & Soc Incl KS4
Lot 7 - Medical KS1 - Post 16
Lot 8 - Tuition
Lot - 9 Hybrid SENMAS & AP
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Price: 100
- price: 100
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: 100
- Price: 100
- Price carries 200 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 20 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Alternative Education Provision for Children and Young People…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 May 2023, 12:30 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2026, 12:07 BST
- Authority reference
DN664009- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064140- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cfcfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 31 Jul 2035, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Jul 2026 → 31 Jul 2035 · 2 dates- Notice published111 days ago8 Jul 2026, 12:07 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Jul 2035, 14:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 10 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2023- Deadline moved to 31 Jul 2035, 14:00 BST26 May 2023, 12:46 BST+4418 days · was 26 Jun 2023, 14:00 BST
- Status changed to complete27 Oct 2023, 11:11 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineClosing Date · IV.2.2 | 26 Jun 2023 | 31 Jul 2035 | +4418 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (10)
- 2025-01: 3 releases · 21 Jan 2025, 22 Jan 2025
- 2024-03: 1 release · 21 Mar 2024
- 2023-10: 1 release · 27 Oct 2023
- 2023-05: 2 releases · 26 May 2023, 26 May 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast13 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 13 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £43,948,620, the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 064140-2026-Alternative Education Provision - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *-1
- Signed
- 27 Apr 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064105-2026-CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *-1
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064105-2026-CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *-2
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064105-2026-CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *-3
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064105-2026-CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *-4
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064105-2026-CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *-5
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064105-2026-CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *-6
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064085-2026-1
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Alternative Education Provision for Children and Young People including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *
- Signed
- 23 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Alternative Education Provision for Children and Young People including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *
- Signed
- 19 Jul 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Alternative Education Provision for Children and Young People including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Alternative Education Provision for Children and Young People including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *
- Signed
- 25 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Alternative Education Provision for Children and Young People including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 *
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 · Alternative Education Provision - DPS - CA&FS - CSC/2023/686 * | 11bids · 11 electronic | 11 | — | — |
| Whole notice | 28bids · 28 electronic | 26 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
32 commercial parties on the notice- Alpha LearningAdmitted to the market
- Brook Street SchoolAdmitted to the market
- City Learning TrustAdmitted to the market
- Created AcademyAdmitted to the market
- Diamond FamiliesAdmitted to the market
- E Quality TrainingAdmitted to the market
- Edubolt LearniningAdmitted to the market
- Equal EducationAdmitted to the market
- Fast Forward Vocational Training LtdAdmitted to the market
- Five Rivers Child Care LtdAdmitted to the market
Show 22 more suppliers
- IWYSAdmitted to the market
- Intuition Holistic EducationAdmitted to the market
- Keys PCE LtdAdmitted to the market
- Kindre Unites LtdAdmitted to the market
- Kindre Unites LtdAdmitted to the market
- Merit PRUAdmitted to the market
- National Teaching Advisory ServiceAdmitted to the market
- Nisai Virtual SchoolAdmitted to the market
- OPUSAdmitted to the market
- PhoenixAdmitted to the market
- Randstad Solutions LtdAdmitted to the market
- Sporting StarsAdmitted to the market
- St Barts MatAdmitted to the market
- Targeted ProvisionAdmitted to the market
- TeacherActiveAdmitted to the market
- The Crescent AcademyAdmitted to the market
- The Valiant SchoolAdmitted to the market
- Velocity TrainingAdmitted to the market
- Velocity Training Academy - DirectorAdmitted to the market
- Velocity Training Ltd (Newcastle Under Lyme)Admitted to the market
- Want2acheive CicAdmitted to the market
- YMCA North StaffordshireAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.